New member here, I am using MSI R9 290 with reference cooler, and Elpida memory.
Here is my highest stable overclock,been using them to play Elite Dangerous for more than an hour without any crash.Warning: Spoiler!(Click to show)

Hey, welcome to OCN. We have the same card. MSI R9 290 with Elpida. Got this at launch and still going strong. I keep it at stock. It only needs additional VDDC at 1170 core during benching but i got it watered.

So heres the plan guys im gona have the card looking stock as possible with the best cooling as possible I just want to know with the picture of the card if someone could paintshop outline anything important I might need to pay extra attention to ....like vram 2 n stuff .Neway i got a beast of a watercooler and as you can see the leg icon can be changed to any colour I wish and will have my own logo still deciding will probably be amd ..... what do you boys think?

but pls someone do outline the pic of the naked card so i know I swear I did look around

overclocked on air atm with stats of

+95v 1145/ 1462 @ 60c

I dont wana push the vram till i cool it for some wierd reason im having high vram 1 temps than anything else is this normal?

my sappire tri x black screens and i have to remove and reinstall the drivers for it to come back only to go out every other week. I remove the drivers with the AMD tool as well just to be sure but the problem persists. With the tri xx overclocking tool i use to overclock i'm at 1150 core clock and 1400 mem clock +180mv with no problems or artifacts, it does touch 90c rarely but that shouldn't cause it not to work anymore without removing/reinstalling drivers. What is going on here? Is this typical? How do i stop it? Would not overclocking anymore fix it? The only reason i got this card is because of its OC capabilities...

my sappire tri x black screens and i have to remove and reinstall the drivers for it to come back only to go out every other week. I remove the drivers with the AMD tool as well just to be sure but the problem persists. With the tri xx overclocking tool i use to overclock i'm at 1150 core clock and 1400 mem clock +180mv with no problems or artifacts, it does touch 90c rarely but that shouldn't cause it not to work anymore without removing/reinstalling drivers. What is going on here? Is this typical? How do i stop it? Would not overclocking anymore fix it? The only reason i got this card is because of its OC capabilities...

I would try to ease back the overclock. Also try it at stock for a little while and if you don't get the black screens then it's most likely the overclock. I've had the same problem with mine (same Tri-x). Also you should be able to keep it below 90c if you have decent ventilation in your case. I would check your airflow and maybe add a fan or two if you can. And try to keep it between 80-90 max. 94 is the thermal limit I believe.

Also what are the situations where it's giving you the black screen? Is it gaming? Web surfing? Youtube? Watching Video? Just sittin around? Knowing this will help as well.